as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long periods, and qualitative information, such as land use, can be …

. Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, The Information Nexus reveals that the truly distinctive feature of capitalism is … business's drive to acquire and analyze information, supported by governments that allow unfettered access to public data. This … new interpretation of capitalism helps to explain the rise of the West, puts our current information age into historical …

genesis in the Gilded Age. Focusing on the crucial role of imperfect and asymmetric information in the operation of …Intro -- Inside the Business Enterprise Historical Perspectives on the Use of Information -- Contents -- Introduction … -- 1. Business History and Recent Economic Theory: Imperfect Information, Incentives, and the Internal Organization of …